Pratibad

Pratibad
Pratibad film poster
Directed by	Haranath Chakraborty
Written by	Anjan Chowdhury (Story, Screenplay & Dialogues)
Produced by	Srikant Mohata
Starring	Prosenjit Chatterjee Arpita Pal Ranjit Mallick Laboni Sarkar Deepankar De
Cinematography	V. Prabhakar
Edited by	Swapan Guha
Music by	Songs: Babul Bose Background Score: S. P. Venkatesh
Production company	Shree Venkatesh Films
Release date	13 April 2001
Running time	149 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Pratibad [English: Protest] is a 2001 Indian Bengali language vigilante action film starring Prosenjit Chatterjee, Arpita Pal, Ranjit Mallick and directed by Haranath Chakraborty. ^{[1] [2]}

Plot

The story is of a middle-class family struggling financially. The family consists of two sisters, mother and father. Prosenjit Chatterjee as a Rana is the main and a promising character. He is a daredevil and a terrific fighter against injustice. Once, he was travelling with his pregnant sister in a train, he begged everybody for a seat for his sister, but no one paid heed. There were some burglars in the train who started looting, but Rana saved it from happening. By this act, he was given the job of a police officer. In Rana's area of jurisdiction, there lived an MLA name Bikas. He was a very corrupt politician and indulged in illegal activities. There lived another man Azad who fought against injustice everywhere. Now this minister's girl Jaya, fell in love with Rana. Once, it so happened that while Rana's sister was about to give birth to her child, this minister, Bikas, tried to kill Rana, but his sister was injured and ultimately died. Then Rana decided to take revenge but was initially not allowed to do so. Ultimately MLA Bikas's real character was revealed, and in a serious fighting with Rana, MLA Bikas dies.

Cast

• Prosenjit Chatterjee as Rana Mitra, an ordinary person
• Arpita Pal as Jaya
• Ranjit Mallick as Azad Da
• Laboni Sarkar as MP Namita Sanyal
• Deepankar De as Kalu Prasad, Central Home Minister
• Anamika Saha as Beena Mitra, Rana's Mother
• Nirmal Kumar as Pratap Mitra, Rana's Father
• Bharat Kaul
• Srila Majumder as Meenu, Rana's elder sister
• Subhasish Mukherjee as Police Constable
• Monu Mukherjee as Anil Manna, Landlord
• Rajesh Sharma as Tinu
• Debesh Roy Chowdhury as MLA Bikash Dutta
• Mitali Chakraborty as Meenu
• Pushpita Mukherjee as Tina

Soundtrack

Pratibad
Soundtrack album by Babul Bose
Released	May 2001
Recorded	2001
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Language	Bengali
Label	Eskay Video
Producer	Shree Venkatesh Films
Babul Bose chronology
Aasroy (2000) Pratibad (2001) Dada Thakur (2001)

The album is composed by Babul Bose, while lyrics are penned by Goutam Susmit. The background score is composed by S. P. Venkatesh. Babul Supriyo, Kumar Sanu, Poornima, Sadhana Sargam, Miss Jojo has given their voices for the album. ^[3]

All lyrics are written by Gautam Susmit

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ki Holo Ki Hobe"	Kumar Sanu and Poornima	3:55
2.	"Aasbe Ghare Khokon Sona"	Babul Supriyo and Sadhana Sargam	3:53
3.	"Elo Monete Basanto Bahar"	Poornima	4:39
4.	"Charidike Lutpat Hahakar (Title Track)"	Miss Jojo	4:01
5.	"Jakhoni Jedike Chai"	Sadhana Sargam	4:32
6.	"Koli Kale Ghore Koli Haar"	Babul Supriyo, Arshad and Priya Bhattacharya	6:01
Total length:			27:01

References

1. Watch Pratibad Full Bengali Movie Online , retrieved 1 August 2023
2. "Prime Video: Pratibad". www.primevideo.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
3. FilmiClub. "Pratibad (2001) Complete Cast & Crew". FilmiClub. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

External links

• Pratibad at IMDb